Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 77 / Thursday, April 21, 2011 / Notices 22449 

1SERA currently operates the line pursuant to a 

lease agreement with UP authorized in Sierra 

Northern Railway—Lease and Operation 

Exemption—Union Pacific Railroad Company, FD 

35331 (STB served Dec. 17, 2009). SERA’s existing 

lease with UP will remain in effect in part and be 

amended in part to account for UP’s assignment of 

its freight operating easement to SERA, the 

SCCRTC’s purchase of the physical assets of the 

line from UP, the License Agreement between SERA 

and the SCCRTC, and SERA’s retained lease rights 

over the portion of the Santa Cruz Branch that is 

not the subject of the freight operating easement 

and the License Agreement. 

2On April 8, 2011, UP filed a letter of support 

and a request for expedited review for SERA’s 

notice of exemption filed in Docket No. FD 35490 

and SCCRTC’s petition for declaratory order filed in 

Docket No. FD 35491. 

Application No. Applicant Reason for 

delay 

Estimated 

date of 

completion 

15080–N ........................ Alaska Airlines, Seattle, WA ....................................................................................... 1 06–30–2011 

15096–N ........................ NK CO., LTD, Saha-Gu, Busan .................................................................................. 4 05–31–2011 

15099–N ........................ Johnson Controls, Milwaukee, WI ............................................................................... 4 05–31–2011 

15110–N ........................ Kidde Aerospace and Defense (KAD) Wilson, NC ..................................................... 4 05–31–2011 

15112–N ........................ Explo Systems.com ..................................................................................................... 4 05–31–2011 

15125–N ........................ Essex Cryogenics of Missouri, Inc., *** St. Louis, MO ............................................... 4 05–31–2011 

15126–N ........................ Trans Aero Ltd., Cheyenne, WY ................................................................................. 4 05–31–2011 

15131–N ........................ CVA Inc., Mont Belvieu, TX ........................................................................................ 4 05–31–2011 

15146–N ........................ ITW Tech Spray LLC, Amarillo, TX ............................................................................ 4 05–31–2011 

15162–N ........................ Billings Flying Service, Inc., Billings, MT .................................................................... 4 06–30–2011 

15164–N ........................ Alaska Juneau Aeronautics, Juneau, AK .................................................................... 4 05–31–2011 

15233–N ........................ ExpressJet Airlines, Inc., Houston, TX ....................................................................... 4 06–30–2011 

15234–N ........................ Atlantic Southeast Airlines, Inc., Atlanta, GA .............................................................. 4 06–30–2011 

15237–N ........................ US Airways, Phoenix, AZ ............................................................................................ 4 06–30–2011 

15251–N ........................ Suburban Air Freight, Inc., Omaha, NE ...................................................................... 4 06–30–2011 

[FR Doc. 2011–9496 Filed 4–20–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–60–M 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Surface Transportation Board 

[Docket No. FD 35490] 

Sierra Northern Railway—Acquisition 

and Operation Exemption—Union 

Pacific Railroad Company 

Sierra Northern Railway (SERA), a 

Class III rail carrier, has filed a verified 

notice of exemption under 49 CFR 

1150.41 to acquire from Union Pacific 

Railroad Company (UP), and to operate, 

pursuant to an Administration, 

Coordination, and License Agreement 

(License Agreement) between SERA and 

the Santa Cruz County Regional 

Transportation Commission (SCCRTC), 

a freight operating easement over a 

portion of a line of railroad known as 

the Santa Cruz Branch located between 

milepost 0.433, at the east boundary of 

Salinas Road, near Watsonville 

Junction, Cal., and milepost 31.39, near 

Davenport, Cal., including the 

interconnection with the Santa Cruz and 

Big Trees Railroad at milepost 20.4, at 

Santa Cruz, Cal. The total length of the 

line is approximately 31.0 miles, and 

there is an additional 3.6 miles of 

sidings and spurs.1

SERA states that SCCRTC and UP 

have entered into a Purchase and Sale 

Agreement (Purchase Agreement) under 

which UP will assign its retained freight 

operating easement to SERA at the 

closing of UP’s sale of the physical 

assets of the line to SCCRTC. SERA 

further states that the License 

Agreement between SERA and SCCRTC 

will govern SERA’s operation of the line 

following the closing of SCCRTC’s 

purchase of the physical assets of the 

line from UP. SERA has disclosed that 

neither the freight rail easement nor the 

License Agreement contains a provision 

that may limit future interchange with 

a third-party connecting carrier. 

On April 8, 2011, SCCRTC filed a 

related petition for a declaratory order 

in Docket No. FD 35491, Santa Cruz 

County Regional Transportation 

Commission—Petition For Declaratory 

Order. In that proceeding, SCCRTC 

seeks a determination that it will not 

become a common carrier as a result of 

its acquisition of the physical assets of 

the line pursuant to the Purchase 

Agreement.2

SERA states that it expects the 

transaction to be consummated in April 

2011, on or shortly after the effective 

date of this exemption, and after a 

determination that the SCCRTC will not 

become a carrier by acquiring the 

physical assets of the line. However, the 

earliest this transaction may be 

consummated is May 5, 2011, the 

effective date of the exemption (30 days 

after the notice was filed). 

SERA certifies that its projected 

annual revenues as a result of this 

transaction will not result in SERA 

becoming a Class II or Class I rail carrier 

and will not exceed $5 million 

annually. 

If the verified notice contains false or 

misleading information, the exemption 

is void ab initio. Petitions to revoke the 

exemption under 49 U.S.C. 10502(d) 

may be filed at any time. The filing of 

a petition to revoke will not 

automatically stay the effectiveness of 

the exemption. Petitions to stay must be 

filed no later than April 28, 2011 (7 days 

before the exemption becomes 

effective). 

An original and 10 copies of all 

pleadings, referring to Docket No. FD 

35490, must be filed with the Surface 

Transportation Board, 395 E Street, SW., 

Washington, DC 20423–0001. In 

addition, a copy must be served on 

David Magaw, President, Sierra 

Northern Railway, 341 Industrial Way, 

Woodland, CA 95776. 

Board decisions and notices are 

available on our Web site at http:// 

www.stb.dot.gov. 

Decided: April 15, 2011. 

By the Board, Rachel D. Campbell, 

Director, Office of Proceedings. 

Jeffrey Herzig, 

Clearance Clerk. 

[FR Doc. 2011–9652 Filed 4–20–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Surface Transportation Board 

Release of Waybill Data 

The Surface Transportation Board has 

received a request from GATX 

Corporation (WB512–15—3/29/11), for 

permission to use certain data from the 

Board’s Carload Waybill Samples. A 

copy of this request may be obtained 

from the Office of Economics. 

The waybill sample contains 

confidential railroad and shipper data; 


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